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Archives for January 10, 2014

Today’s Top AJBlog posts 01.10.14

AJBlogs Posted: January 10, 2014 7:49 pm

Contrarian Musings: Why Folk Art Museum’s Building Should Not Be Saved (with slideshow)
Source: CultureGrrl | Published on 2014-01-10

Solving Field-wide Problems Together
Source: Field Notes | Published on 2014-01-10

Amiri Baraka Has Died, a Remembrance
Source: Straight|Up | Published on 2014-01-10

How Spotify killed off paid downloads
Source: Slipped Disc | Published on 2014-01-10

German Legislature May Move On Nazi Loot
Source: Real Clear Arts | Published on 2014-01-10

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AJBlogs Published: 01.10.14

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Maybe There Is Something To That Connection Between Odd And Creative

IDEAS Posted: January 10, 2014 4:18 pm

As more than a decade’s research is showing, genius and madness are basically best friends. What’s interesting is why.

IDEAS Published: 01.10.14

Read the story in Fast Company Published: 01.10.14

New York’s Symphony Space Director Resigns

MUSIC Posted: January 10, 2014 4:12 pm

“Laura Kaminsky increased the space’s new music programming significantly, helping to make it competitive with the Miller Theater at Columbia University, which had a long tradition of new-music presentation, as well as with relative upstarts like Le Poisson Rouge, which opened in 2008 and has become an important space for independent classical music, rock and jazz.”

MUSIC Published: 01.10.14

Read the story in The New York Times Published: 01.10.14

Russia Sees Opportunity In Film Industry, Starts Investing

MEDIA Posted: January 10, 2014 9:41 am

“By the start of 2017, the Cinema Fund would have doubled the size of its current budget of 3 billion rubles ($90.3 million), with half coming from the state and the other half from recoupments.”

MEDIA Published: 01.10.14

Read the story in Variety Published: 01.10.14

A New York Dance Company Signs Lease On A Huge Expansion

DANCE Posted: January 10, 2014 9:37 am

“Gibney Dance has seven studios stretching over 15,000 square feet that it rents out to dance companies, Broadway shows or anyone in need of arts-related space. By adding the downtown facility, Gibney Dance will more than double its operations—and it’s not just empire-building.”

DANCE Published: 01.10.14

Read the story in The Wall Street Journal Published: 01.10.14

The Demographic That’s Leaving Facebook

MEDIA Posted: January 10, 2014 9:08 am

“A number of studies have found people feel worse after scrolling Facebook – more envious, lonely, even angry. In one German study, people were particularly unhappy after viewing vacation photos. They were also more envious when browsing Facebook instead of actively using it by posting comments and photos of themselves.”

MEDIA Published: 01.09.14

Read the story in NPR Published: 01.09.14

The Convict Who Won A Detective Story Competition

PEOPLE Posted: January 10, 2014 8:41 am

Before this phone call, it had never occurred to Toni Kirkpatrick that her contest winner might have spent the past 25 years in prison, where he’s serving a life sentence for murder.

PEOPLE Published: 01.10.14

Read the story in New York Times Magazine Published: 01.10.14

You A Writer? Want A Free House?

WORDS Posted: January 10, 2014 8:25 am

“In a contemporary, literary twist on old homesteading incentives, a new nonprofit organization called Write a House is refurbishing three two-bedroom houses in Detroit and accepting applications this spring for writers to move in, rent free. Poets, journalists, novelists, and anyone who falls somewhere in between are encouraged to apply.”

WORDS Published: 01.08.14

Read the story in The New Yorker Published: 01.08.14

How Did The Art From The Cover Of A Science Fiction Book Become A $5.4 Million Painting?

VISUAL Posted: January 10, 2014 8:09 am

How did this happen? Glenn Brown basically reimagined Chris Foss’ work — although it looks as though all he did was repaint it, and fool around with the colors slightly.

VISUAL Published: 01.08.14

Read the story in io9 Published: 01.08.14

Now That Tools Have Made Art Easy, Everyone’s An Artist (Oh Wait…)

ISSUES Posted: January 10, 2014 8:00 am

“The main difference between dilettantes and the dedicated is that the former will often find themselves unable to exercise the degree of control necessary to achieve the desired result.”

ISSUES Published: 01.10.14

Read the story in The Independent (UK) Published: 01.10.14

Disgraced Theatre Impresario Garth Drabinsky Loses Appeal To Get His Canadian Honor Back

PEOPLE Posted: January 10, 2014 7:54 am

Drabinsky had been stripped of his Order of Canada medal. A federal court judge found “no basis” for allowing Drabinsky a judicial review to look into the governor general’s 2012 decision to rescind the medal.

PEOPLE Published: 01.09.14

Read the story in Toronto Star Published: 01.09.14

Could London’s National Theatre Live Streaming Initiative Cannibalize UK Theatre-Going?

THEATRE Posted: January 10, 2014 7:10 am

NT Live is a “fantastic thing” in allowing people to access shows they might not be able to otherwise see and the screenings are cheaper than a trip to London to see a play. “But it is not the same experience as being in the theatre.”

THEATRE Published: 01.10.14

Read the story in The Stage (UK) Published: 01.10.14

Just Because Osage County Is A Crappy Movie Doesn’t Mean The Play Is Bad

THEATRE Posted: January 10, 2014 6:46 am

“Fine dramatic architecture does not require transferability to the screen. A camera does not shed a scorching light on the “bald spots” of theatrical writing. The two media are fundamentally different.”

THEATRE Published: 01.10.14

Read the story in Chicago Tribune Published: 01.10.14

National Book Festival (In Washington DC) Kicked Off National Mall. Why? It’s Too Popular

WORDS Posted: January 10, 2014 6:34 am

“The Library of Congress staff tried to figure out some way to address the Park Service’s concerns, but ultimately, no feasible compromise was reached. More than 200,000 people attended last year’s two-day literary event.”

WORDS Published: 01.09.14

Read the story in Washington Post Published: 01.09.14

12 Trends In 2014 American Museums

VISUAL Posted: January 10, 2014 6:22 am

From global expansion to artist collaboration to increased curiosity about Central and South America, the American museum world is opening up.

VISUAL Published: 01.09.14

Read the story in ARTnews Published: 01.09.14

California Governor Proposes $8000 (Yes Thousand!) Cut In State Arts Funding

ISSUES Posted: January 10, 2014 6:13 am

Governor Jerry Brown’s budget plan calls for “an overall 8.5% spending increase, including major boosts to education, but envisions a $9,000 cut for the state’s arts-grant agency, the California Arts Council — from a projected $5.058 million in the current fiscal year to $5.049 million in the 2014-15 budget year that begins July 1.”

ISSUES Published: 01.09.14

Read the story in Los Angeles Times Published: 01.09.14

Is It Right To Destroy An Architectural Icon (Even If Flawed) To House More Art?

VISUAL Posted: January 10, 2014 6:09 am

Tearing down New York’s Folk Art Museum: “Mine is not necessarily a view that everyone can accept: to many observers, the Folk Art building seems, like all too many museums these days, to be a grand-scale sculpture that fails to showcase the art it was built to house. But if that is MoMA’s opinion, then it should say so, which could help stimulate a worthwhile public discussion on the aesthetic of architecture.”

VISUAL Published: 01.09.14

Read the story in The Nation Published: 01.09.14

Justin Davidson: MoMA Expansion Is A Tough Compromise

VISUAL Posted: January 10, 2014 6:05 am

“The architects who are designing this destructive expansion — Diller Scofidio + Renfro — understand perfectly what they’re doing, and it causes them genuine grief.”

VISUAL Published: 01.09.14

Read the story in New York Magazine Published: 01.09.14

Jerry Saltz: MoMA’s New Expansion Design Is Madness!

VISUAL Posted: January 10, 2014 6:00 am

“Somewhere inside me, I heard myself saying my good-byes to MoMA. I thought, I have seen the best modern museum of my generation destroyed by madness.”

VISUAL Published: 01.09.14

Read the story in New York Magazine Published: 01.09.14

Amiri Baraka, 79, Poet and Firebrand

PEOPLE Posted: January 10, 2014 2:05 am

“One of the most influential African American writers of his generation, [he] courted controversy as a poet, playwright and provocateur and who was a primary intellectual architect of the Black Arts movement of the 1960s.”

PEOPLE Published: 01.09.14

Read the story in The Washington Post Published: 01.09.14

Egyptian Government Launches Terrorism Probe of Hand Puppet

ISSUES Posted: January 10, 2014 2:03 am

If only this were a joke … (Egypt’s internet wags are making fun of the affair in high style, at least.)

ISSUES Published: 01.07.14

Read the story in Al-Arabiya Published: 01.07.14

How Egypt’s Most Popular Novelist Came to Support the Military Government

PEOPLE Posted: January 10, 2014 2:01 am

Alaa Al-Aswany (The Yacoubian Building) was a strong opponent of the Mubarak regime and champion of the Arab Spring, and he cheered his homeland’s first democratic elections. A year later, he cheered the military’s overthrow of Presdient Morsi and the elected Muslim Brotherhood government – and most of Egypt’s intelligentsia (and a quite a lot of the public) cheered right along with him. What happened?

PEOPLE Published: 01.09.14

Read the story in The New Yorker Published: 01.09.14

Shakespeare’s Globe’s Broadway Run Is Now Officially in the Black

THEATRE Posted: January 10, 2014 2:00 am

The double-bill of Twelfth Night and Richard III has now earned back its $3.1 million capitalization – by no means a sure thing on Broadway, even for critically-acclaimed Shakespeare productions.

THEATRE Published: 01.09.14

Read the story in The New York Times Published: 01.09.14

Did Disney Really Need To Reinvent Prince Charming?

MEDIA Posted: January 10, 2014 1:57 am

The new animated blockbuster Frozen subverts the fairy tale idea of a handsome, noble, chivalrous suitor by making him the surprise villain of the story. The gambit presumes, of course, that the Prince Charming myth needs debunking. On the contrary, argues Akash Nikolas, that myth serves some very useful and healthy purposes.

MEDIA Published: 01.08.14

Read the story in The Atlantic Published: 01.08.14

The Bechdel Test Is Not Enough Anymore

MEDIA Posted: January 10, 2014 1:55 am

You know the Bechdel Test: “Do you, movie, feature two or more named women? Do they talk to each other? About something besides a guy?” But Katy Waldman observes, “In 2014, we are still whooping with delight when movie studios depict a woman sharing a snippet of non-dude-focused conversation with another woman? This is not exactly a high bar.” And several other writers weigh in on how they might update the Test.

MEDIA Published: 01.07.14

Read the story in Slate Published: 01.07.14

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